Exam 3: United States

Shorties is a term used by Gangster Disciples to describe those members that comprise the rank-and-file members who are responsible for the street level drug dealing. ​

Although any number of members in an organized crime group may be related, the term Family does not imply kinship by blood or marriage, it refers to one's allegiance to their respective crime "family." ​

After the deaths of both mob boss rivals (Masseria and Marazano), ___________ took over the operations of New York's crime families, and became the most important Mafia figure in New York through 1935. ​

The _____________ emerged in the nineteenth-century New York as a lawful fraternal society designed to advance the interests of Sicilian immigrants.

Scholars have determined that the New York organized crime bosses from the various five original Mafia families were one time linked in a rather informal arrangement known as: ​

The conflict that arose in 1930 between the two major Mafia factions in New York is known as the _____________. ​

By 1930, two infamous Mafia bosses, Masseria and Maranzano, waged war on each other for control of the city. By what name was this struggle for domination of Italian American organized crime rackets in New York known?

Explain the role of the boss in the New York model of Italian organized crime. ​

With respect to the Italian organized crime families of today, Italian heritage is no longer a requirement to become a full "made guy" within the organization.

Mafia members and associates are organized into ____________, semi-independent units nominally headed by a caporegime .

MS-13 has thousands of members globally and, in the United States, its members tend to primarily operate in _____________ areas. ​

By 1930, there were two major Mafia factions in New York, one headed by _____________ operating out of the Little Italy of East Harlem, and the other by _____________, whose business office was in midtown Manhattan. ​

Due to its large size and scope of its drug operations, a bureaucratic leadership model was adopted by Chicago's best-known African American crime gang known as the _____________. ​

Crews generate finances that they share with their patron, who shares it with: ​

Even though the American Mafia does not have written rules, it does have an elaborate set of ___________ that govern behavior. ​

Mafia bosses are linked in a rather informal arrangement known as the ________________. ​

All of the following are ways in which an individuals seeking membership in MS-13 may have to prove their allegiance, except for: ​

In New York, an organized crime group is referred to as: ​

Individuals seeking membership in MS-13 are subject to various forms of initiation including: ​

The primary symbol of the MS-13 is the six-pointed "star of David" and crossed pitchforks. ​